President Biden Signs Defense Bill Blocking Health Care For Trans…
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Thousands of Military Families Now Face Loss of Medically Necessary Care for Their Children

HRC Article:

WASHINGTON — Last night, President Biden signed the FY25 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, which includes a provision inserted by Speaker Mike Johnson blocking healthcare for the transgender children of military servicemembers. This provision, the first anti-LGBTQ+ federal law enacted since the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996, will rip medically necessary care from the transgender children of thousands of military families – families who make incredible sacrifices in defense of the country each and every day. The last anti-LGBTQ+ federal law that explicitly targeted military servicemembers was Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, which went into effect in 1994.

Biden’s press release:

No service member should have to decide between their family’s health care access and their call to serve our Nation.

  • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    21 hours ago

    The turnout of this election was 63.9%, meaning around 8808400000 people did not vote for either of the two candidates. That is more votes than for Trump or Kamala, making “No One” the real winner of the popular vote. The USA bourgeoisie liberal democratic political system cannot garner large support of the population to “legitimize” it through the process of election.

    Spoken like someone who believes that 99.99% turnout and approval is how societies actually function, like the DPRK claims.

    Republican, AND all voters voters consistently ranked the economy as the number one issue to them this election. Voters flock to Trump due to his perceived opposition to the ruling class of the United States, and the injury to their economic conditions under Biden, mainly through inflation. Fascism coats itself in populist rhetoric to the confused but class conscious, proletariat.

    Have you ever spoken to a fucking Republican in your life?

    Have you ever spoken to an average voter in your life?

    ‘Economy’ is a buzzword to them.

    Democrats control the Senate, and The Presidency. The house has one of the most razor thin majorities in US history. There is no simply world where this bill did not pass if the Democrats didn’t support it.

    Thank you for reinforcing my point. Viewing politics as a series of isolated incidents performed for an audience of completely reasonable voters is utterly absurd, even in an ideal hypothetical situation, much less the current US.

    • cqst@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      81·
      21 hours ago

      Spoken like someone who believes that 99.99% turnout and approval is how societies actually function, like the DPRK claims.

      It is in fact United States liberal democratic theory itself that argues the legitimacy of liberal states occurs through the process of election.

      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.–That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed

      – Declaration of Independence

      The DPRK is a bourgeoisie nation-state much like the United States.

      ‘Economy’ is a buzzword to them.

      This mind reading of what Republican or the Average Voter “really believes” provides no value. It was consistently shown both before, and after this election, the main concern of the people of the United States was that of the economy, and the worsening of their material conditions through inflation. It can be seen in the rhetoric of the Republican party, through terms such as “drain the swamp”, that the electorate of the United States is voting for a Trump as revenge against some kind of Evil Ruling Elite (The Bourgeoisie), while failing to recognize that Trump and the Republican party is a reactionary bourgeoisie party like the democrats.

      Thank you for reinforcing my point. Viewing politics as a series of isolated incidents performed for an audience of completely reasonable voters is utterly absurd, even in an ideal hypothetical situation, much less the current US.

      No idea how this is relevant to what I said. The Democratic Party supported this anti-trans bill that will lead to the deaths of transgender people.

    • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      16 hours ago

      Have you ever spoken to a fucking Republican in your life?

      He’s having a conversation with you, yes.

      • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        16 hours ago

        He’s having a conversation with you, yes.

        That’s a definite ‘no’, then. Unsurprising given your views.

        • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
          41·
          16 hours ago

          Republicans support genocide like you have done for a solid year now. Now heap on the “No, YOU support genocide by objecting to genocide” shit like you always do.

          • PugJesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            14·
            15 hours ago

            Now heap on the “No, YOU support genocide by objecting to genocide” shit like you always do.

            You support genocide by doing everything you can to support the election of the more genocidal option. Didn’t realize “More genocide = bad” was considered a hot take before this election year, but it seems that many online simply have no real sense of morality. But hey, you got your precious Bothsides GOP administration in, so it’s a success in the end for you, huh?